Elliot Epstein, Jarret Zafran

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CreditBeth Rooney

Aug. 27, 2017

Elliot Reuben Epstein and Jarret Asher Zafran were married Aug. 26 at Red Maple Vineyard in West Park, N.Y. Tasha Gordon-Solmon, a friend of the couple who became a minister of American Marriage Ministries for this event, officiated.

Mr. Epstein (left) 33, is the head of human resources, in New York, for Knotel, a start-up that provides a work space and resources to growing companies. From 2007 to 2009, he taught elementary school in New York with Teach for America and was a Coro Fellow in public affairs in New York. He graduated magna cum laude from Brown.

He is a son of Eileen W. Epstein and Richard A. Epstein of Chicago. His mother retired as the director of development for the Chicago Children's Choir. His father is the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of Law at New York University.

Mr. Zafran, 30, is a law clerk for Judge Alison J. Nathan of the Southern District of New York. He graduated from Harvard and received his law degree magna cum laude from New York University.

He is a son of Gail Zafran and Harry Zafran of Delray Beach, Fla. His parents are the founders of D& O Pharmachem, a company in Delray Beach that does research and acts as an intermediary for the pharmaceutical industry.

The couple met briefly in 2012 at a party in New York, but were reintroduced a year later through OkCupid.